In the successive Lyons Ministries, politicians have come to regard these expensive world tours as a normal perquisite of office. Rarely are all the members of the Cabinet in Australia, On the slightest pretext two or three Ministers, accompanied by a suite of secretaries and typists, set out to see the world. ref: cials carry on the work of running the country while Ministers run expense accounts that fil the taxpayer with envy and despair. The practice is becoming increasingly unpopular, especially when the wanderers return with nothing more substantial to show for their efforts than pleasant memories of other lands.
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